Improvement in scarfs



G. LOEB. Scarf.

No. 198,400. Patented Dec. 18,1877.

N-PETERS. PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON, D C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES LOEB, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT lN SCARFS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 198,400, dated December18,1877 application filed October 30, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES LOEB, of the city and State of New York,have invented certain Improvements in Scarfs, of which the following isa description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, formingpart of this specification.

This invention relates to that description of mens scarfs variouslyknown as the teck or sailors-knot scarf, &c. These scarfs consist of ahead-piece, neck-band, and a center piece, the latter piece, when thescarf is applied to the person, falling down in front of the bosom fromthe head-piece, through which latter the one or free end of theneck-band passes, and is usually secured by a pin below.

As said scarfs have heretofore been constructed, the center piece hasbeen securely stitched to the head-piece, and the upper edge of thelatter, or of a bent-over portion above said upper edgeformed, forinstance, by the doubling of the center piece-ordinarily becomes thesoonest worn or soiled, owing to its contact with the throat or beard ofthe wearer, so that the scarf is frequently rendered unfit for wear byreason of the destruction or injury to this portion, while the rest ofit remains in good condition.

The object of this invention is to obviate this defect, and tomaterially add to the durability of the scarf.

To this end the invention consists in a combination, with thehead-piece, of a detached longitudinally-adjustable center piece, fittedor arranged to pass through the head-piece, and so that it may beslipped or slid therethrough from time to time, to change the exposureof its surface above the head-piece.

The invention also consists in a combination, with the detachedlongitudinally-adjustable center piece and the head-piece through whichsaid center piece is fitted, of a supportingpiece or foundation, ofcard-board, metal, or other suitable material within the head-piece, andserving for the center piece to slip over, thus facilitating theadjustment of the center piece as wear requires.

Figure 1 represents a partly-broken or sectional perspective View of ascarf constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is alongitudinal sectional view of the same.

A is the head-piece, which may be constructed in the ordinary manner,and to which one end of the neck-band B is stitched, while its other endis adjustable through said headpiece, and is secured by a pin, 0,attached to the head-piece.

D is the center piece, which is doubled, and its two lengths or endspassed freely down through the head-piece without being attached to thelatter, and presenting a folded surface or upper portion, b, above thetop of the head-piece. This upper exposed folded portion, which is thepart of the scarf most liable to wear and injury, may readily beadjusted from time to time, so as to present a fresh or new surface, bysimply slipping the one folded portion or length of said center piece upthrough the head-piece A, and the other folded length thereof downthrough said head-piece. In this way the portion 1) may be frequently,and, practically considered, indefinitely made to present a new orpreviously unexposed surface, thereby importantly contributing to thedurability of the scarf.

To support the center piece D at the bend, and to facilitate theslipping of said piece vthrough the head-piece, as described, so as tovary or renew the surface of exposure, the head-piece A has arranged orsecured within it a supporting-piece or foundation, E, which may beformed of card-board, metal, or other suitable material, doubled or bentover to give a rounded upper edge, or be otherwise suitably constructed.

As in this construction of the scarf the neck-band B admits of beingpassed between the two parts or lengths of the center piece D, it willbe desirable to make the securingpin 0 longer than usual, to provide forits passing through the back portion or length of the center piece, andinto or through the neck-band.

I claim 1. The combination, in a neck-tie, of the neck-band, thehead-piece or imitation knot attached thereto, and the doubled detachedcenter piece, having its doubled portion propiece, over which the saidcenter piece passes, jecting upward through said head-piece,subsubstantially as set forth.

stantially as described.

CHARLES LOEB.

2. The combination, in a neck-tie, of the center piece or imitationknot, the attached neck-band, detached longitudinallyslipping doubledcenter pi Witnesses HENRY T. BROWN,

ece, and the stiff supportingl FRED. HAYNES.

